Introduction

Revolution refers to the period when people of a country strive to transform absolutely in political, economic, social and even ideological dimensions. Therefore, it can be measured by advancement in the social, political and economic state of a country rather than mistreatment and oppression to its people. This paper covers the comparison and contrast in the communist revolution in China and Russia.

Comparison and contrast in the Communist revolution in China and Russia

Comparison

China and Russia had several similarities. Both of them hunted to enlarge their economic productivity and started concrete programs to hold up their efforts. China emphasized on improving agricultural output when Russia concentrated on industrial production, all aimed at economic development (Rutland, 2009).

The governments in both cases had overall power and eliminated any opposition and cooperated with their community. Stalin’s secret police took out his, and Mao took the Red Guard. The two teams killed dissidents or either sent them to labor camps for transformation. China and Russian’s revolution of 1911 and 1917 respectively, had different goals to achieve at the beginning but in due course, China’s intentions became more related to the Russian’s goals.

Contrast

China and Russia had several differences. China was extensively acknowledged to be more victorious as compared to Russia. Preliminary conditions of the economy at the initiating period and the strategies applied together with their implementation are the key reasons for such differences. Russia and China followed different transformation strategies. State-Directed Transition Strategy (SDTS), was the strategy used by China which gave a gradual approach to transformations while Neoliberal Transitional policy (NLTS), was used by Russia (Chabrowski, 2018). China had relatively more fundamentals such as plenty of natural resources, affordable labor force, adequate land, and gorgeous markets for foreigners as compared to Russia which had less of them.  China’s strategy is regarded as the primary cause of its success in economic development. The gradual changes associated with China’s policy led to vigilant analyzing steps to evade risks. To be precise, China planned things in the long term but acted in a short time.

On the other hand, the Russian government adopted and preferred rapid transformation strategy in fear of corruption associated with gradual reform strategy. The Chinese management tried to discover from Moscow’s failures and accustomed their policies accordingly to increase the state ability to manage people . In contrast, Russian leaders have generally made little or no effort in copying lessons from China’s achievement.

Conclusion

The gradual strategy used by China is different from Russian’s rapid plan aimed at transition market economy. Several reasons contributed to China’s success. China’s success was as a result of its gradual strategy and easy policies to analyze. However, Russia was unsuccessful due to its unfavorable social and political situation.

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